Prakash Raj mocks Modi over BJP's underperformance

December 18 , 2017 | UPDATED 15:45 IST

As BJP suffered a short but decisive scare at the hands of the Congress during the Gujarat Assembly poll counting on Monday, noted film actor Prakash Raj has asked prime minister Narendra Modi to stop and introspect on the party's victory.

"Congratulations... yes... but... are you happy? Weren't you supposed to sweep (polls) with your Vikaas? Will you pause for a moment to realize," the National Award-winning actor tweeted Monday.

Contrary to exit poll predictions of an easy win for the BJP, the party was engaged in a brief neck-and-neck contest with the Congress. But it eventually regained its lead and was all set to rule the home turf of Modi for the sixth time and was on course to evict Congress from Himachal Pradesh.

Prakash Raj has asked the PM to introspect on why his saffron party was not able to sweep the promised 150 seats with his 'Vikaas' motto.

Further attacking the PM and his party, the actor listed out the factors that did not work in favor of the government, including divisive politics.